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Fair War Or No War |
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by Andrea Antulov
Email: volutna (nospam) aol.com (verified) |
13 Oct 2002
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A few thoughts about the terms of our "impending war". |
I am not a pacifist. I believe we need military as surely as we need locks on our doors. I believe the wealth even the poorest among us enjoy, is provided by its presence.
I am not in favor of becoming a society without guns. I believe an armed population is less likely to have it's unpopular members hauled into an arena and shot; And as rural folks know sometimes by the time the police find your farm, it's too late.
The mindless thugs who beat Robert Nash to death in Champaign, IL on August 8, did not need guns to conduct their crime.
I am in favor of drafting college students regardless of grade point averages.
1. Because they have an equal responsibility to serve. "All men are created equal" is patriotic phrase I hold dear. (This now includes women).
2. It is because of their abilities that they should serve. Was Vietnam a long drawn out fiasco because our best minds were not participating?
3. I value college students opinions. They are literate, and are unfettered by jobs and if their lives were at stake, they would read, debate and participate in the workings of our government.
4. They are the consumer decision makers. It is not the 18 year old son of a cashier at Walmart who will decide to purchase an electric hybrid car and affect our country's need for oil; But it is he who TOLD to serve in the military under our current draft policy.
FAIR WAR OR NO WAR! This sounds like a slogan for the 21st century I'd support. |
